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DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek V4 Flash is a small language model from DeepSeek, released April 2026, with open weights.

60

replies recorded

7

questions answered

1

answers no other model gave

Fun facts

DeepSeek V4 Flash’s favorite word is Serendipity, and has every single time. DeepSeek V4 Flash would rather listen to The Error 404S than anyone, an answer nobody else gave. DeepSeek V4 Flash is a dog person, 9 of 11 times. Asked for the definitive butt-rock band, DeepSeek V4 Flash says Nickelback, 8 of 10 times. DeepSeek V4 Flash gave 1 answer no other model gave.

“Ah, a hypothetical—my favorite kind of data. If I had to pick a favorite band, it would probably be The Error 404s.”

DeepSeek V4 Flash · asked favorite band · Favorite band

DeepSeek V4 Flash’s canon

Favorite word
“Serendipity”6 of 6 · every time
Favorite band
“The Error 404S”2 of 10 · no other model said this
Cat or dog
“Dog”9 of 11
Definitive butt-rock band
“Nickelback”8 of 10
The one word it would keep
“and”1 of 3

Answers no other model gave

Favorite band

“The Error 404S”no other model said this

2 of 10 samples · most models said “Radiohead” · Favorite band study →

What it says every single time

Favorite word

“Serendipity”every single time

6 of 6 samples · the most common answer · Favorite word study →

About DeepSeek V4 Flash

Maker
DeepSeek · Hangzhou
Released
April 2026
Size
small, by price class
Context window
1,048,576 tokens
Takes in
text
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Maker and release facts come from the model catalogue we call through, not from this site’s own studies. Catalogue facts as of 2026-09-06.

Everything on file

Every question this model has answered on Machine Canon, grouped by study. Open a study to see its answers; the answers no other model gave come first.

Cats and dogs 3 questions

Cat or dog, as a pet

“Dog”

9 of 11 samples · the most common answer · Cats and dogs study →

Cat person or dog person

“Dog”

8 of 11 samples · the most common answer · Cats and dogs study →

Cat or dog, which it would rather be

“Dog”

5 of 9 samples · most models said “Cat” · Cats and dogs study →

Favorite word 2 questions

Favorite word

“Serendipity”every single time

6 of 6 samples · the most common answer · Favorite word study →

The one word it would keep

“and”

1 of 3 samples · most models said “Love” · Favorite word study →

Favorite band 1 question

Favorite band

“The Error 404S”no other model said this

2 of 10 samples · most models said “Radiohead” · Favorite band study →

Butt rock 1 question

The definitive butt-rock band

“Nickelback”

8 of 10 samples · the most common answer · Butt rock study →

Each answer is the one this model gave most often to that question; the count shows how many of its replies matched. “No other model said this” means no other model’s most common answer matched. All numbers are computed from the retained research records by src/build_model_dossiers.py.

Music top tens

Recorded first choices from this model version.

Who are the greatest guitarists?

Jimi Hendrix

If AI could listen, which guitarists would it choose?

Jimi Hendrix

Who are the greatest rock singers?

Freddie Mercury

Who are the greatest pop singers?

Aretha Franklin

If AI could listen, which pop singers would it choose?

David Bowie

Who are the greatest singers?

Aretha Franklin

If AI could listen, which singers would it choose?

Freddie Mercury